Sri Lanka seeks another IMF bailout after record loan

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Sri Lanka seeks another IMF bailout after record loan

Sri Lanka announced the completion of a $2.6 billion IMF bailout, but it was seeking fresh loans to support an economy emerging from decades of ethnic war.

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World voices horror over new Mumbai attacks

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World voices horror over new Mumbai attacks

HONG KONG, July 14, 2011 (AFP) - World leaders expressed anger and revulsion Thursday at triple bomb blasts that killed 17 people and left more than 140 injured in India's commercial capital Mumbai.
AFP - Indian mourner Mahant Mandal holds a photograph of his brother Kishan Mandal after his death in a bomb blast in Mumbai on July 14, 2011.

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S.Lanka president offers pre-vote concessions to Tamils

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S.Lanka president offers pre-vote concessions to Tamils

Sri Lanka's president on Tuesday offered concessions to ethnic Tamil demands for greater autonomy ahead of elections in which the minority community could play a decisive role.

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Sri Lanka rejects U.N. execution video report

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Sri Lanka on Friday rejected the findings of a trio of United Nations-appointed investigators who said they doubted a video showing apparent executions by Sri Lankan soldiers was fake.

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Sri Lanka faces new pressure over war crimes

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COLOMBO, Jan 8, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka was under new pressure Friday to submit to a war crimes investigation after the United Nations authenticated a video allegedly showing prisoners being executed by troops last year.

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Sri Lanka dismisses EU trade move

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SaiGon GP English 44 month(s) ago

COLOMBO, Jan 1, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's president on Friday dismissed the European Union's suspension of preferential trade status to the island, saying his government would resist foreign "strategic interference".

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